雨水集水井 yǔ shuǐ jí shuǐ jǐng storm drain catch basin 主排水沟 carrier drain / main drain 支排水沟 支排水溝 lateral drain / field drain 田间排水沟 田間排水溝 lateral drain / field drain 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 三个和尚没水喝 三個和尚沒水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) 雨水洼地 雨水窪地 storm water basin 雨水径流 雨水徑流 yǔ shuǐ jìng liú storm water run-off 宣泄 宣洩 xuān xiè to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret syn 水道 shuǐ dào watercourse (river, canal, drain etc) / water route / lane (in a swimming pool) syn 激浊扬清 激濁揚清 jī zhuó yáng qīng lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) / fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue syn 扬清激浊 揚清激濁 yáng qīng jī zhuó lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) / fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue 排洪 pái hóng to drain flood-water 退水 tuì shuǐ to divert water / to drain 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 吸附水 xī fù shuǐ pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 蕹菜 wèng cài water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) 非洲部长级水事理事会 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 非洲部长级水事会议 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 世界水设想-大家的共同事务 World Water Vision - Making Water Everybody's Business / World Water Vision 薄膜水 pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 攻略 gōng lüè (literary) to storm and capture / strategy / directions / guide / how-to 风暴 風暴 fēng bào storm / violent commotion / fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc) syn 掀起 xiān qǐ to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc) syn 暴风 暴風 bào fēng windstorm / (meteorology) storm (force 11 wind) syn 攻关 攻關 gōng guān to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem 突袭 突襲 tū xí to raid / to storm / surprise attack syn 暴风雨 暴風雨 bào fēng yǔ rainstorm / storm / tempest syn 来袭 來襲 lái xí to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit 攻占 攻佔 gōng zhàn to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc) syn 风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds syn 强攻 強攻 qiáng gōng (military) to take by storm syn 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 猛攻 měng gōng to attack violently / to storm 拂袖而去 fú xiù ér qù to storm off in a huff (idiom) syn 热带风暴 熱帶風暴 rè dài fēng bào tropical storm 风灾 風災 fēng zāi damaging storm / destructive typhoon syn 吹袭 吹襲 chuī xí (of wind) to blow fiercely / (of a storm) to strike 波 bō wave / ripple / storm / surge syn 霣 yǔn rain storm / to fall 掀风鼓浪 掀風鼓浪 xiān fēng gǔ làng to raise a storm / to stir up trouble / to instigate syn 风暴潮 風暴潮 fēng bào cháo storm surge 任凭风浪起,稳坐钓鱼台 任憑風浪起,穩坐釣魚臺 rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation 冰风暴 冰風暴 bīng fēng bào icy storm / hailstorm syn 塕埲 wěng běng dust storm 暂息 暫息 zàn xī a lull (in the storm) / brief break (in rain) 稳坐钓鱼台 穩坐釣魚臺 wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation 譁然 huá rán variant of 嘩然|哗然, in uproar / commotion / causing a storm of protest / tumultuous 金融风暴 金融風暴 jīn róng fēng bào banking crisis / storm in financial circles 风雨欲来 風雨欲來 fēng yǔ yù lái lit. storm clouds approach / troubles lie ahead (idiom) 杀进 殺進 shā jìn to storm (a city etc) / to raid 雨量图 hyetograph / hyetogram / storm profile 热带气旋和风暴潮区域训练讲习班 Regional Training Workshop on Tropical Cyclones and Storm Surges 孟加拉湾风暴潮数据收集协调方桉 孟加拉灣風暴潮數據收集協調方案 Coordinated Programme of Storm Surge Data Acquisition in the Bay of Bengal 风暴潮预测训练班 風暴潮預測訓練班 Training Seminar on Storm Surge Prediction 灰霾 huī mái dust haze / dust storm 日本叉尾海燕 rì běn chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Hydrobates matsudairae) 烟黑叉尾海燕 煙黑叉尾海燕 yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) 白腰叉尾海燕 bái yāo chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) 褐翅叉尾海燕 hè chì chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Tristram's storm petrel (Hydrobates tristrami) 黑叉尾海燕 hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Swinhoe's storm petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) 暴风圈 暴風圈 bào fēng quān (meteorology) storm area (area exposed to winds of force 7 or higher during a typhoon) / (fig.) area particularly badly affected by a crisis 狂风暴雨 狂風暴雨 kuáng fēng - bào yǔ (idiom) howling wind and torrential rain / furious storm / (fig.) (idiom) difficult circumstances / dangerous situation syn 挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn 排水 pái shuǐ to drain 耗尽 耗盡 hào jìn to exhaust / to use up / to deplete / to drain 排污 pái wū to drain sewage 排泄 排洩 pái xiè to drain (factory waste etc) / to excrete (urine, sweat etc) syn 外流 wài liú outflow / to flow out / to drain 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain syn 地漏 dì lòu drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month 排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 人才流失 rén cái liú shī brain drain / outflow of talent 排涝 排澇 pái lào to drain flooded fields 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 淋 lìn to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury syn 渠 qú (artificial) stream / canal / drain / ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / (literary) big / great / (dialect) he / she / him / her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel / felloe syn 澌 sī drain dry / to exhaust 浍 澮 kuài drain / stream 搋 chuāi to knead / to rub / to clear a drain with a pump / to conceal sth in one's bosom / to carry sth under one's coat 唾面自干 唾面自乾 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation 竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 移山倒海 yí shān dǎo hǎi lit. to move mountains and drain seas / to transform nature syn 才外流 cái wài liú brain drain 釂 jiào drain a goblet 甽 quǎn drain between fields, irrigation 人才外流 rén cái wài liú brain drain 以邻为壑 以鄰為壑 yǐ lín wéi hè to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom) syn 流干 流乾 liú gān to drain / to run dry 石渠 shí qú stone channel (e.g. drain) 沥干 瀝乾 lì gān to drain 一饮而尽 一飲而盡 yī yǐn ér jìn to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)